15 Percent of Tibet's Population Transferred to Chinese Training Centers as Mass Labor Program Expan

[PeteS in CA]

15 Percent of Tibet's Population Transferred to Chinese Training Centers as Mass Labor Program Expands: Report

https://www.newsweek.com/15-percent-tibets-population-transferred-chinese-training-centers-mass-labor-program-expands-1533579

More than 500,000 Tibetans have been transferred to Chinese training centers since the beginning of 2020, as an existing mass labor initiative expanded in the region. The figure accounts for roughly 15 percent of Tibet's total population. According to a new Reuters report, published Tuesday, the militaristic recruitment program primarily targets rural farmers who are then trained to support Chinese industries.

Its presence in Tibet, fueled by quotas established by Chinese authorities, marks a significant expansion of a labor program also seen in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in the country's northwest. In Xinjiang the initiative is linked to internment camps that China officially calls "vocational" facilities, where researchers estimate at least 1 million Uighurs were detained over the past several years. Documents obtained by the Associated Press last year confirmed that those held at the detention centers were subject to ideological instruction and behavioral re-education. The Chinese government claimed to have released detainees from the camps in December, but concerns about subsequent forced labor practices surfaced soon after.

If one looks at a map showing China's provinces, several are cynically named "(Ethnic Group) Autonomous Region". Tibet is one such, as are Xinjian and Inner Mongolia. The real meaning of the cynical euphemism is (Ethnic Group) That Will Be Treated Like Crap.

[sneakypete]

"Training Centers"

That's how you spell "slave labor camps" in Chinese.